Unang Balita is the news segment of GMA Network's daily morning program, Unang Hirit. It's anchored by Arnold Clavio, Susan Enriquez, Ivan Mayrina, and Mariz Umali, and airs on GMA-7 Mondays to Fridays at 5:30 AM (PHL Time). For more videos from Unang Balita, visit http://www.gmanetwork.com/unangbalita.
#GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream
Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad:
GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews
GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe
#GMAIntegratedNews #KapusoStream
Breaking news and stories from the Philippines and abroad:
GMA Integrated News Portal: http://www.gmanews.tv
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gmanews
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gmanews
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmanews
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/gmanews
GMA Network Kapuso programs on GMA Pinoy TV: https://gmapinoytv.com/subscribe
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00 Aside from the incidents of election-related violence, there are also many repeated vote-buying while the barangay and youth elections are nearing.
00:12 We will first have the Commission on Election Chairman George Garcia. Good morning Chairman.
00:18 Good morning Egan. Good morning to our fellow countrymen.
00:21 How many complaints, information and reports about vote-buying and vote-selling have you received? How many confirmed voters?
00:29 Because some of them are also the enemies of the other.
00:34 You're right Egan. Actually, more than 100 confirmed voters are engaged and involved in vote-buying.
00:41 That's why they are undergoing verification to be filed by our task force as a disqualification and at the same time election offense.
00:51 But for those who were filed, Egan, for election offense and disqualification, your Commission on Election should suspend the proclamation
01:02 of those involved in premature campaigning, vote-buying and legal campaigning so that they won't be proclaimed immediately.
01:08 They will be forced to do so. The Comelec will just joke around and we will just be forced to do it.
01:12 So we will not proclaim pending cases against us.
01:15 What kind of punishment is that? The one who received money, the one who received it or the candidate who is being said to vote because of the money?
01:23 First, Egan, there are two cases that will be faced. The one who is selling and the one who is buying votes.
01:29 Let's start with the one who is buying votes, those are the candidates. If you're a candidate, you can face a disqualification case.
01:36 It means that your candidacy will be canceled and you won't be able to run. At the same time, you can face a criminal case.
01:43 It will be a one to six years imprisonment.
01:46 For those who are selling votes, the so-called vote sellers, it will be a one to six years imprisonment.
01:53 But if they will speak and they will violate the regulated, we can exclude them from the punishment or from the prosecution.
02:03 We can make them state witnesses.
02:06 It's only six years imprisonment. Why is it a one to six years imprisonment? Don't they know that?
02:10 You know, our countrymen should understand. That's why they are buying our votes because they are not popular, they are not popular and they are not being written and in your mind.
02:21 That's why they are buying and therefore, we should not give them. What Egan mentioned earlier is right.
02:27 Let's look at who was there during the pandemic. Why were you there when the election was about to happen and you were absent?
02:34 Chairman, in Barangay Longo in Malabon, did you discuss with the candidate who gave the envelopes?
02:41 I think it was the watchers.
02:44 Yes. Watchers training. They are making a profit from the last election. We are not taking advantage of that.
02:51 But our watchers said, as long as there are many people, there are envelopes. The envelopes are 1,213.
02:57 All of them are in one bag and the contents are 300 pesos.
03:02 That's 200 people.
03:04 They even cut 200.
03:06 You know, that's still Sunday.
03:11 They are still on Sunday.
03:13 They are still on Sunday and therefore, we can strengthen them by voting and we also have them in the Wata last time.
03:21 We know who are behind it. We know who financed it and we also know who are the candidates involved in it.
03:28 Of course, it's not possible for the woman who is in the table to give it.
03:32 There should be someone who financed it and there should be a candidate involved in it.
03:36 Those 200 people gave statements and therefore, we will use them as a tool to fight against those candidates.
03:45 Don't you believe that it's a watcher?
03:47 First of all, there's no one who trains there. There's no watchers kit there.
03:52 If you ask me, I can't understand what they are doing in the precinct. So it's not watchers training.
03:57 In Mangaldang Pangasinan, it's been reported that someone is parapoling appliances.
04:02 Why is it considered as vote buying Chairman?
04:05 You know, it's not discussed how much it is, the price and if it's money or goods or items.
04:12 In fact, even if it's just a promise, it's a vote buying.
04:17 You're promising to do casual employees. That's a vote buying.
04:21 So when you say raffle, you won't get a raffle if you're not a candidate.
04:26 That's why you're getting a raffle because you're a candidate.
04:28 Why don't you do a raffle after the election? We will not stop you. There's no case yet.
04:32 On the other hand, Chairman, there are two running government agencies. You're complaining about vote buying.
04:39 Will they allow you to run?
04:41 If there's a formal case against us and it's a disqualification case, it's included in our proclamation.
04:49 Therefore, we will wait for the order of the Communist Party to lift the proclamation or to decide the case of disqualification against them.
04:57 Okay. Voters, your vote is sacred. But Chairman, a quick answer.
05:03 Why are there so many election-related violence here in the local elections like this, Barangay and SK?
05:11 We expected that. Actually, this is still low compared to 2018, when our election-related violence was only 25.
05:19 But in the last two days, it has increased. Why? Because of our friends, our brothers, our neighbors.
05:25 Of course, because...
05:27 It's closer.
05:28 It's closer. We don't expect them to run. Why? My friend is good and I'm a rival.
05:33 But what's the reason for that and why are they fighting? What's the reason for that position?
05:37 They have their own power. At the same time, the most important thing here is pride.
05:42 Is it big?
05:43 It depends on the barangay.
05:45 It depends on the LGU.
05:47 Yes. In Quezon City, the power is big.
05:49 But we should not waste our lives there. Are we 100 percent ready for Monday?
05:54 Yes. Your commission election is ready and all our election paraphernalia and people are in place.
06:00 Where are the others automated? Where are they?
06:03 In Barangay and SK elections, we are automated in Dasmarinas Cavite, two barangays, and Pasong Tamo in District 6 of Quezon City.
06:11 Okay. Meanwhile, how many reminders before the election on Monday, Chairman?
06:15 It's better if we create our own code. Let's not rely on what is given to us.
06:20 At the same time, we have one day, Sunday, without a campaign to be able to vote.
06:26 You don't need to bring any identification or ID.
06:29 But it's better if you question your identity of our watchers.
06:34 Of course, those who are in the precinct will finish voting earlier.
06:39 I will just follow up. Is there a jingle that is disqualified?
06:43 We removed it from 9-E-C.
06:47 For us, it's a violation of gender sensitivity.
06:51 The candidate immediately followed our instructions.
06:55 But he can still run.
06:56 He can still run. We gave him that.
06:59 Thank you very much.
07:00 Congratulations Chairman George Garcia. Good luck and God bless.
07:03 Thank you.
07:05 Igan, for the latest news, subscribe to GMA Integrated News on YouTube.
07:10 For Kapuso Abroad, follow us on GMA Pinoy TV and www.gmanews.tv.
07:18 [Music]